The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-17
Practical Recsipts.

Lemon Jelly-The yolks of two eggs, one
cup of sugar, one cup Of water, one table
spoonful of corn starch and the juice aud
grated rind of one lemon. Cook TIL thick
Thisis nice for layer cake,
Strawberry Jam-Three quarters of a
pound of sugar to one pound of fruit. Boil
rapidly about twenty minutes, skimming
carefully. Put in small cans or seal in
jars with paper covers.
Dry Bread Fritters-Two cups OF dry,
fine bread crumbs, two tablsspoonfuls pre-
pared flour, half pint or rather less OF
milk, four well-beaten eggs, half capfal
of sugar, O tablespoonful of butter and a
few curTants. 3 Ill the milk aud pourovsr
the bread, dredge the currsnts with -four
ard mix all into stiff batter. Drop into
hot lard a. uoughnnts and send 10 table in
powdered sugar.
Pressed Corn Beef-Atter serving corned
beef at dinner, while yet warm chop up fat
and lean together, not very fine, only 50
the fat and lean may be evenly mixed stir
in enough dry mustard to flavor it and put
it in an obiong taperiDg BAKING pan. Place
on it another pan, set two or three fat
irons as a weight and let il stand over
night. The next Gay IL will turn out
good loaf from which slices may be cut
Cherry Dumplines-0ne quart prepared
-four, two hesping tablespoonfuls of lard,
two cups of milk, little salt, two cups of
stoned cherries. one-half cupful of sugar.
Rub the lard into the sailed -four, wet up
with milk, roll into a sheet a quarter of
an incn thick, and cut into squares four
inches across. Put two spoonfuls OF cher.
ries in the center of each, sugar them, turn
up the edges OF the paste, lay the Joined
edges downward on Toured baking pan,
bake half an hour, Eat hot with sauce.
Corn Starch Pie-One quart of milk,
yolks of two eggs, two ta0lespoonfuls of
corn starch, two cups of sugar. Boil the
milk till as thick as cream, having re-
served little to mix the corn starch. Beat
the eggs, stir into the hot milk, add the
sugar, and lastly add the corn starch, hav-
ing blended it perfectly with the cold
milk. Bake with an under crust only.
Beat the whites of the eggs with two table,
spoonfuls of sugar. When the pies are
baked put this on the top and return them
to the oven to brown slightly.
COFFEE FANcIEs.-Two breakfast cups o Z
quite new milk, two dessert-spoonfuls o
ground coffee, two dessert.spoonfuls o
| pounded loaf sugar; put all into a sauce
pan and stir slowly until boiling; then
pour into a coffee pot, and serve hot.
| Roasting the coffee beans with small
| piece of fresh butter improves the flavor.
| Also beat up the yolk and white of an egg,
| mix II Win dry coffee 70 paste, put IL III
| pitcher, and pour the boiling water upon
| il, stirring well; cover closely with a nap
| kin, and leave il FIVE minutes TO settle
i pour backward and forward from a cup
three times, and add cupful more water
and let il stand short time. Or it may
be make in jug in this method without
the egg, but the new coffee pots are more
/ economical.
| LEMON SALAD "A melon perfect in flavor
| IL would seem shame to make into salad
and yet variety is ever good and it make:
one of the best fruit salads. Peel 1t, Gu
the hesh into small blocks, dress it with
one tesspooDful of oil in which you have
mixed small saltspoonful of salt, toss the
mellon gently in il, then use one or twC
more spoonfuls of oil, according to thu
| quantity offruit you have aud vinegar ia
| proportion of one-third the oil, pepper to
/ taste.